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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>AVALON
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      Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN) today announced that it has completed
      its
      acquisition of Avalon Natural Products, Inc., including its Avalon Organics&#174; and
      Alba Botanica&#174; natural and organic personal care brands, from North Castle
      Partners, a private equity firm. Avalon is a leader in the natural products
      category in the areas of skin care, hair care, bath and body and sun care with
      its Avalon Organic Botanicals and Alba Botanica brands. </font></div>
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      business in terms of sales and profit contribution,&#8221; said Irwin D. Simon,
      President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hain Celestial Group. &#8220;The Avalon
      Organics and Alba Botanica brands provide us with a strong, well-rounded
      personal care portfolio that helps solidify our leadership position in the
      natural and organic personal care category. In addition, we are pleased to
      be
      joined by Gil Pritchard and his team, whose experience and relationships will
      deepen our focus on this growth category,&#8221; concluded Irwin Simon. </font></div>
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      Zia&#174; Natural Skincare and Queen Helene&#174; brands to complement its leading
      position in natural and organic foods. Hain Celestial is committed to creating
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      natural and organic food and personal care products company in North America
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      Europe. Hain Celestial participates in almost all natural food categories with
      well-known brands that include Celestial Seasonings&#174;, Terra Chips&#174;, Garden of
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Veggie
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      Skincare, Avalon Organics&#174;, Alba Botanica&#174; and Queen Helene&#174;. For more
      information, visit </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">www.hain-celestial.com</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>About
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      Castle Partners is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on
      investments in consumer-driven product and service businesses that benefit
      from
&#8220;Healthy Living and Aging&#8221; trends. For more information visit
      www.northcastlepartners.com</font></div>
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      release contains forward-looking statements within and constitutes a "Safe
      Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Except
      for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this
      press release are forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown
      risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ
      materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks
      include but are not limited to general economic and business conditions; the
      ability to implement business and acquisition strategies and integrate
      acquisitions; competition; retention of key personnel; compliance with
      government regulations and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the
      Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
      the report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The
      forward-looking statements made in this press release are current as of the
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      update forward-looking statements. </font></div>
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